South Korean presidential election, 1992

Republic of Korea
presidential election, 1992

18 December 1992

130x130px Nominee Kim Young-sam Kim Dae-jung Chung Ju-yung Party Democratic Liberal Democratic United People's Popular vote 9,977,332 8,041,284 3,880,067 Percentage 42.0% 33.8% 16.3%

300px provinces and cities majority won by ■ – Kim Young-sam ■ – Kim Dae-jung

President before election Roh Tae-woo Democratic Liberal Elected President Kim Young-sam Democratic Liberal

The 14th South Korean presidential election took place on 18 December 1992. This was the second democratic election since 1987. The voter turnout was 81.9%.

Background

On 22 January 1990, two opposition leaders Kim Young-Sam and Kim Jong-Pil led their parties to merge into the ruling party Democratic Justice Party, and formed the Democratic Liberal Party, led by President Roh Tae-woo. Before they merged, Roh's party did not have a majority in the National Assembly. After they merged, they had over a two-thirds majority, which could pass bills without any obstruction from the opposition.

In 1992, Hyundai businessman Chung Ju-yung also ran in the election.

Results

The right-wing conservative Democratic Liberal Party presidential candidate Kim Young-Sam won the presidential election, defeating opposition Democratic Party leader Kim Dae-Jung, marking the third time he had lost a presidential election. Kim later announced his retirement from politics.

The conservative party won the election continued to govern until 1997, when Kim Dae-Jung won the election.

Candidate	Party	Votes	% of Votes
Kim Young-sam	Democratic Liberal Party (민주자유당)	9,977,332	42.0%
Kim Dae-jung	Democratic Party (민주당)	8,041,284	33.8%
Chung Ju-yung	United People's Party (통일국민당)	3,880,067	16.3%
Park Chan-jong	New Politics Reform Party (신정치개혁당)	1,516,047	6.4%
Baek Gi-Wan	Independent	238,648	1.0%
Kim Ok-sun	Independent	86,292	0.4%
Lee Byeong-ho	Korean Justice Party	35,739	0.22%
Invalid ballots		319,761	0.6%
(Total electorate: 29,422,658 - Turnout rate: 81.9%) Total		24,095,170	100%

provinces · cities	75px		75px		75px
	Kim Young-sam DLP		Kim Dae-jung DP		Chung Ju-yung UPP
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Seoul	2,167,298	36.4%	2,246,326	37.7%	1,070,629	18.0%
Busan	1,551,473	73.3%	265,055	12.5%	133,907	6.3%
Daegu	690,245	59.6%	90,641	7.8%	224,642	19.4%
Incheon	397,361	37.3%	338,538	31.7%	228,505	21.4%
Gwangju	14,504	2.1%	652,337	95.8%	8,085	1.2%
Daejeon	202,137	35.2%	165,067	28.7%	133,646	23.3%
Gyeonggi	1,254,025	36.3%	1,103,498	32.0%	798,356	23.1%
Gangwon	340,528	41.5%	127,265	15.5%	279,610	34.1%
Chungcheongbuk	281,678	38.3%	191,743	26.0%	175,767	23.4%
Chungcheongnam	351,789	36.9%	271,921	28.5%	240,400	25.2%
Jeollabuk	63,175	5.7%	991,483	89.1%	35,923	3.2%
Jeollanam	53,360	4.2%	1,170,398	92.2%	26,686	2.1%
Gyeongsangbuk	991,424	64.7%	147,440	9.6%	240,646	15.7%
Gyeongsangnam	1,514,043	72.3%	193,373	9.2%	241,135	11.5%
Jeju	104,292	40.0%	85,889	32.9%	42,130	16.1%